Nine persons attached to two groups were arrested by the Selvapuram police on Wednesday and Thursday in connection with a clash while playing cricket on Tuesday.
The police said that the youth were playing cricket at the Panaimarathur Government Middle School playground. Youth from both the groups were from the same locality.
A wordy duel broke between them and they also exchanged blows.
The police said that a case was registered against N. Praveen (25), S. Sakthi Prakash (25), J. Arun (25) and two others, who are 20 and 18 years old, based on a complaint from a 17-year-old boy of the opposite group.
They were booked under Sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 294B (using abusive language), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 506(ii) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
The two boys aged below 21 years were taken to the Borstal at Pollachi. The others were lodged in prison.
Based on a complaint lodged by Sakthi Prakash, the police registered a case against four teenagers aged between 16 and 18 years under Sections 294B, 323 and 506(i) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
They were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in Coimbatore for further course of action.
Police sources said that on Tuesday and Wednesday they tried pacifying the groups and warned to amicably resolve the dispute, however the youth continued to quarrel even at the police station and were not ready to calm down. This resulted in registering cases against them.